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BasketNb7.254

Single piece of light brown bark, brown white with cross-grain flecks on the interior. Rectangular base with v-cut sides sewn with thin strips of bark. Oval-shaped mouth is reinforced with two thin sticks sewn in place. The outside has a black pencil line on one side near the top and there is a number in pencil on the base.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
wood and birch bark
Made in
Moricetown, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model BoatNa1075 a-f

Wide, round-bottomed boat (a) with sharply pointed bow and stern. Frame consists of wood slats fitted and lashed together with sinew. Skin is tightly stretched over frame and laced down. Boat has oar locks, formed by two pegs projecting upwards, two on starboard side, two on port, and three wood thwarts. Boat has five long, carved wooden paddles: (b) to (f) each flare gradually from handle end to blunt paddle end. All wood of boat and oars is yellow-white in colour.

Culture
Gwich'in
Material
skin, sinew and wood
Made in
Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerNa1074 a-b

Coiled basket (a) has circular base with straight sides that taper at mouth. The base has small ivory disc with holes through which the baleen is laced. There are numerous spots where the thin baleen has broken off, the largest sections are found in the centre of the base. Raised circular lid (b) with an inner lip is topped by an ivory disc with a square knob.

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
walrus tusk and baleen
Made in
Point Barrow, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BucketNa1073

Oval-shaped wood bucket; overlapped sides stitched with root. Brown painted exterior has two carved grooves. Attached by metal pins on both sides of bucket is a piece of walrus tusk with a hole in it and a hide thong tied to a walrus tusk handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
paint, spruce root, metal, skin, walrus tusk and wood
Made in
Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Miniature BootsNa1072 a-b

Pair of miniature boots. Light brown sole stitched to brown upper with seam up one side. Two white thongs cross over the foot, wrap around the ankle, and tie. The white border around the top of each boot is decorated with black stitching, and has a red strip woven in.

Culture
Inuit
Material
cotton fibre, skin and dye
Made in
Kotzebue, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltNa1071

Leather belt with a mottled brown, hinged buckle. Centre of the belt is covered with brown and white quills woven into a pattern of repeating geocentric motifs.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, ptarmigan quill, skin, metal and cotton fibre
Made in
Kiana Village, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleNa1070

Bowl-shaped ladle with handle: beginning from bowl's base, handle consists of two prongs which join one-third of the way up; carved with herringbone design and large oval-shaped octagon cut out near handle's tip. Ladle is painted brown, except for inside of bowl. Handle has four scratches near its end.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, seal blood, seal oil and hematite mineral
Made in
Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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